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'''Girl Geeks V. Wikimeet – An exercise in real-time collaboration''' - How do you get members of the public involved in Wikipedia? Moreover, how do you get women, a relative minority in the Wikipedia world, interested in editing when the thought had not crossed their minds before? Well, the Bristol Girl Geeks Vs. Wikimedia Event was a great example in how to meet this challenge – and the feedback we gained from the event suggests that this isn’t as difficult as it seems... | '''Girl Geeks V. Wikimeet – An exercise in real-time collaboration''' - How do you get members of the public involved in Wikipedia? Moreover, how do you get women, a relative minority in the Wikipedia world, interested in editing when the thought had not crossed their minds before? Well, the Bristol Girl Geeks Vs. Wikimedia Event was a great example in how to meet this challenge – and the feedback we gained from the event suggests that this isn’t as difficult as it seems... | ||
:'''''[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk Read the full article on blog.wikimedia.org.uk]''''' | :'''''<span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk Read the full article on blog.wikimedia.org.uk]</span>''''' | ||
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'''Wikimedia UK''' is the [[:m:Wikimedia chapter|Wikimedia chapter]] covering the [[:wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. We exist to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed knowledge (and other educational, cultural and historic material). We do this by bringing the Wikimedia community in the UK together, and by building links with UK-based cultural institutions, universities, charities and other bodies. We also represent UK-based Wikimedians to the Wikimedia Foundation and the global Wikimedia movement. | '''Wikimedia UK''' is the [[:m:Wikimedia chapter|Wikimedia chapter]] covering the [[:wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. We exist to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed knowledge (and other educational, cultural and historic material). We do this by bringing the Wikimedia community in the UK together, and by building links with UK-based cultural institutions, universities, charities and other bodies. We also represent UK-based Wikimedians to the Wikimedia Foundation and the global Wikimedia movement. | ||
If you share our objectives, why not get involved? You can come along to one of our [[events]], join our [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l email discussion list], and you can [[Membership|become a member]] for just £5. | If you share our objectives, why not get involved? You can come along to one of our [[events]], join our <span class="plainlinks">[https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l email discussion list]</span>, and you can [[Membership|become a member]] for just £5. | ||
Wikimedia UK is a not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee. We are supported entirely by voluntary donations (principally through the annual Wikimedia fundraiser). Please note that we are a separate organization from the [ | Wikimedia UK is a not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee. We are supported entirely by voluntary donations (principally through the annual Wikimedia fundraiser). Please note that we are a separate organization from the [[:wmf:|Wikimedia Foundation]], and have no control over <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]</span> or any other <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Foundation projects]</span>. | ||
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Media: press[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk | Media: press[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk | ||
You can also join our [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l email discussion list] and follow us on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk] | You can also join our [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l email discussion list] and follow us on Twitter: <span class="plainlinks">[http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk]</span> | ||
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<div style="text-align: center;">'''September'''</div> | <div style="text-align: center;">'''September'''</div> | ||
* 2nd-3rd - [http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/ Session at Science Online London] | * 2nd-3rd - <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/ Session at Science Online London]</span> | ||
* 2nd-4th - [http://wiki.regiowiki.eu/RegioWikiCamp_2011 RegioWikiCamp Brest (France)] | * 2nd-4th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.regiowiki.eu/RegioWikiCamp_2011 RegioWikiCamp Brest (France)]</span> | ||
* 8th - [http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246 TedxBristol talk] | * 8th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246 TedxBristol talk]</span> | ||
* 11th - [ | * 11th - [[m:Meetup/London/49|London Wikimeet]] | ||
* 14th - [http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/ Workshop for GLAMs, The Herbert, Coventry] | * 14th - <span class="plainlinks">[http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/ Workshop for GLAMs, The Herbert, Coventry]</span> | ||
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Для української мови Вікіпедії ласка, відвідайте http://uk.wikipedia.org; для Вікімедіа Україна відвідайте http://ua.wikimedia.org
For the Ukrainian language Wikipedia please visit http://uk.wikipedia.org; for Wikimedia Ukraine please visit http://ua.wikimedia.org
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